In brief
Singapore’s corporate sector now holds a $1.45 trillion (SGD 1.85 trillion) stock of direct investment abroad, up 11.8% year‑on‑year as of end‑2025. Equity holdings make up 94.3% of the portfolio, with China, the UK and India receiving 64.8% of the outflows.
Singapore’s corporate sector’s direct investment abroad reached 1.85 trillion Singapore dollars—about 1.45 trillion U.S. dollars—at the end of 2025, according to advance estimates released by the Singapore Department of Statistics on Tuesday, as reported by Xinhua.
Direct equity investment accounted for 94.3% of the stock, while net inter‑company lending made up the remaining 5.7%, the department said.
The top ten destination economies together attracted 64.8% of the total, with the Chinese mainland, the United Kingdom and India topping the list.
The overall direct investment abroad stock rose 11.8% year‑on‑year to reach USD 1.85 trillion at the end of 2025.